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Washington - The space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station after delivering supplies and equipment to boost the capacity of the orbiting laboratory. Pilot Kevin Ford backed Discovery away from the station at 1926 GMT for t...

The space shuttle undocks from the International Space Station after delivering more than 18,500 pounds of supplies, equipment, science gear, and fresh water.

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Seven astronauts aboard the U.S. shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station on Tuesday and set their sights on a Thursday landing in Florida.

Led by former Lockheed Martin CEO Norman Augustine, Obama appointed committee to review NASA's future concludes space agency is on a unsustainable trajectory. Panel presents options to White House including spending billions more on space program, international partnerships, commercial spacecraft and extending the life the space shuttle program and the International Space Station. - The U.S. manned space program is underfunded with unrealistic goals, the presidential review panel appointed by President Obama told the White House Sept. 8 in an executive summary. The 10-person panel chaired by former Lockheed Martin CEO Norman Augustine said for the U.S. to maintain a meaning...

Don't try to put astronauts on Mars yet -- too hard, too costly. Go to the moon -- maybe. Or build rockets that could zip around the inner solar system, visiting asteroids, maybe a Martian moon. Keep the International Space Station going until 2020 rather than crash it into the Pacific in 2016. H...

Mission accomplished -- including delivering the Stephen Colbert treadmill -- over more than eight days at the International Space Station, space shuttle Discovery undocks from the ISS and plans a Sept. 10 landing at Kennedy Space Center. - The space shuttle Discovery undocked from the ISS (International Space Station) Sept. 8, conducted a fly around of the space station and then hit the thrusters to head back to Earth. NASA anticipates a Sept. 10 landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Pilot Kevin Ford undocked Discovery fr...

One Astronaut Joins Station Crew and One Heads Home; Discovery Expected To Touch Down Late Thursday

Preliminary results show President Hamid Karzai exceeding the threshold needed to avoid a run-off. But the commission charged with investigating Afghanistan's election says it has found 'clear and convincing evidence of fraud' and has ordered a recount of questionable polling stations.

Preliminary results show President Hamid Karzai exceeding the threshold needed to avoid a run-off. But the commission charged with investigating Afghanistan's election says it has found 'clear and convincing evidence of fraud' and has ordered a recount of questionable polling stations.

UN-backed electoral commission orders partial recount after finding 'clear and convincing' evidence of fraudHamid Karzai has passed the crucial 50% threshold in Afghanistan's troubled presidential election with almost all the votes counted, according to new figures released today, but a partial recount has been ordered after observers found 'clear and convincing evidence of fraud' at a number of polling stations.The results, announced by the Independent Election Commission, gave Karzai 54.1%, with results from 91.6% of polling stations counted. His main rival Abdullah Abdullah has secured 28.3% of the vote.The results push Karzai past the 50% mark that he needs to secure victory without a run-off, but the commission has set aside the results from 600 polling stations where vote-rigging is suspected.The results will not be officially certified until late September, after fraud allegations in Ghazni, Paktika and Kandahar provinces have been investigated.The commission, which comprises th